# Tory, Kari and Grant Leaving Mythbusters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169 "2014-08-22T04:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/121 "2014-12-22T02:57:26Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Tory can get plenty of work so long as he doesn’t insist on being in show biz. He’s hardly going to go hungry with his skills. Öh, sure, but I’m assuming that the three of them will be looking for shows to front, and of all the Mythbusters alumni, he seems the least likely to able to head up a show. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/122 "2014-12-22T03:02:35Z")
A couple of years ago, Adam and Jamie paired themselves up with a website, [Tested.com](http://www.tested.com/), and have contributed regular non-Mythbusters segments to them, coming to it as makers, problem solvers, and as the obsessive movie prop fan that Adam is. I wonder if Tory, Kari, or Grant should do something similar with, say, [Make](http://makezine.com/), or [Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/), or [Engadget](http://www.engadget.com/), or somewhere like that. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/123 "2014-12-22T15:53:13Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Yeah, Kari is smart, hot, female and telegenic, But have you seen the other stuff she hosted, like the amateur rocket fest? She’s horrible! All screetchy excitement and no substance. Sure, she is quite the eye candy, but that’s not really enough to sustain a show (or at least, it shouldn’t be!). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/124 "2014-12-22T15:58:34Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Öh, sure, but I’m assuming that the three of them will be looking for shows to front, and of all the Mythbusters alumni, he seems the least likely to able to head up a show. Given that his estimated net worth is in the low seven figures - based on [richest.com](http://richest.com) and celeb net worth - I’d have to say he’s in the enviable position of choosing his next - if any - project. That would be without any royalties from his time there. In truth, that’s likely to apply to all three of the build team. Don’t shed your tears for them, they don’t need them. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/125 "2014-12-22T16:18:05Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But have you seen the other stuff she hosted, like the amateur rocket fest? She’s horrible! All screetchy excitement and no substance. I honestly don’t think that’s her fault. What she needs is a producer who isn’t operating under the delusion that big booms, whooping and howling is what makes people watch Mythbusters. I’m sure she can do substance, if she’s given half a chance. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/126 "2014-12-22T16:40:41Z")
I might have missed it, but has it been made public why they were fired? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169/127 "2014-12-22T16:47:35Z")
> [@spifflog](#): > > I might have missed it, but has it been made public why they were fired? As quoted in the EW article linked above: > [@](#): > > Sources say the departures were the result of a salary renegotiation with the supporting cast. Keep in mind that a show’s talent cost tends to rise each year, and the 11-year-old Mythbusters is one of the longest-running series on cable—and with a larger regular returning cast than most unscripted series. (If Mythbusters were a cop drama on CBS, some characters would have been “written out” years ago by financial necessity.) In this case, the departures were also viewed as a creative opportunity to refresh the show. > > “We were very keen for [Imahara, Byron and Belleci] to be a part of the show, we are massive fans of theirs, and what they did over 10 years was phenomenal,” Tapster says. “There were negotiations, and based on those negotiations, they opted out. It’s a shame for them. It’s a shame for us. But it gave us the opportunity to reinvent the show, which it kind of needed.” I’m fairly certain that it came down to budget. As the article notes, it’s SOP in TV that, when a show gets renewed, the cast gets raises. I have to imagine that the producers reached a point where they decided that they couldn’t afford to keep 5 stars on a show. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Build Team was told, “we’ll keep you, but only at a lower salary”…and that could easily be why the Build Team told them to go jump in a lake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tory-kari-and-grant-leaving-mythbusters/696169.md?page=6)